Is Being a Politician the Worst Job in the World?

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Jack Schlossberg, the Kennedy Running for Congress in New York

Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, was one of a number of Kennedy family members who spoke out against the policies and the character of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Schlossberg became a public figure on social media, often trolling the right, doing his imitation of Vla ...  Show more

Bonus: David Remnick Takes Calls on the Midterms and the Media

In a guest appearance on WNYC’s “Brian Lehrer Show,” David Remnick, who hosts the New Yorker Radio Hour, discusses the Democratic Party’s identity crisis and the candidates vying in the midterm elections; the late newspaper magnate Donald Newhouse, and the importance of editorial ...  Show more

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